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This paper offers a research biography of the author, and gives his position on the way equity should be understood in the context of vocational education and training research. Current work exploring local patterns of participation in TAFE and adult community education (ACE) is described. This research asks what factors influence the choices that providers and participants make about course-taking and what client groups use TAFE or ACE in a given locality and used a postcode analysis of TAFE participation in Sydney (and later, of TAFE and ACE in Melbourne). Some findings from the Sydney study are given and priorities for future research identified, including an urgent need to examine the distribution of VET participation in rural and regional Australia.